Michael Pena

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jon Stewart has tapped Gael Garcia Bernal to star in his feature directorial debut "Rosewater," TheWrap has learned. Scott Rudin is producing with Stewart and Gigi Pritzker of OddLot Entertainment, which is financing the film....

May 19 (TheWrap.com) - "The Walking Dead" alum Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to star opposite Brad Pitt in David Ayer's "Fury," which Sony is onboard to distribute. The WWII movie follows the commander of a Sherman tank and its five-man crew on a...

The empire of mobster Mickey Cohen (played by Sean Penn in top surly, snarling form) is targeted by an elite team of 1940s Los Angeles cops in this stylishly staged saga. Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling play the lawmen selected by the city's police chief...

Writer-director David Ayer knows how to do a gritty police drama, as he proved with his "Training Day" script, and he shows it again with this effective tale that draws one of Jake Gyllenhaal's standout performances to date. That actor and Michael...

*1/2 (out of four) This true story of morally questionable, mid-20th century L.A. cops and their efforts to rid the city of organized crime and corruption contains so much intrigue, it’s a wonder no one’s done it before. Oops, they have....

A triumph of production design but a pretty dull kill-'em-up otherwise, the post-World War II-set "Gangster Squad" comes from the director of "Zombieland," Ruben Fleischer. It's clear Fleischer, who also made "30 Minutes or Less," hadn't worked through...

Hollywood may be giving Gerard Butler a red card after his soccer film's dismal performance at the box office this weekend. The actor suffered yet another flop with "Playing for Keeps," his romantic comedy that debuted with only $6 million, according to...

5 - 6 a.m. The Saturday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong  6 - 9 a.m. Mr. Fix-It with  Lou Manfredini  7:35 a.m.  Homeowners are always looking for less expensive ways to side their home.  Saturday Lou is going to tell you about a...

OPENING FRIDAY HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA  Welcome to the "Hotel Transylvania," where you can check out any time you like, but you will never laugh.  It’s a good-looking, laugh-starved farce that puts Dracula (Adam Sandler) in charge of a hotel for...

You know what’s funny? Movie audiences like to complain about the price of films and popcorn. Critics often complain there aren’t enough good movies being made. When End of Watch arrived – and audiences and critics alike praise it...

Like many people, the L.A. cops “End of Watch” star Michael Pena joined on ride-alongs couldn’t help but get a little excited around his famous co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal. “It was kind of funny. Everybody’s like, ‘Jake!...

If "End of Watch" had been just "another predictable cop movie," Jake Gyllenhaal says, he would not have done it. "I chose this because it had heart," Gyllenhaal said. He and Chicago native Michael Pena star as two LAPD police officers that spend half...